...Dr Nat Wright, Dr Pamela Walters and Professor John Strang; Hattie Catherine Ann Moyes; Joshua James Heath; Lucy Victoria Dean Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on offenders with a dual diagnosis and discuss how prison-based services can improve to better meet...

... of detained female systematic offenders. Design/methodology/approach – All case files of female systematic offenders who had been subjected to a special court order for systematic offenders in the period 2004-2014 were studied. A total of 81 fairly complete case files were selected for the study...

...Sarah Anderson Purpose This paper reports on a pilot project that helps women offenders and other women with multiple needs to access mental health care. The paper aims to increase understanding of the mental health needs of these women and the barriers they face in accessing and sustaining...

...Rob Fitzpatrick; Laura Thorne This paper provides a methodological review of a piece of qualitative policy research formulating recommendations for the commissioning and delivery of offender alcohol interventions, for application both within the English region for which it was commissioned...